Anatomy of a Catastrophic Boiler Accident

In October 1990, as the United States prepared for war with Iraq, the majority of our U.S. Naval fleet was in the Persian Gulf.

Among the ships was the USS Iwo Jima. The Iwo Jima, an amphibious assault ship built in the mid-1950s, is an aircraft carrier that carries helicopters, in addition to a large number of marine ground force troops.